Open AccessIn vitro activities of lomefloxacin, tetracycline, penicillin, spectinomycin, and ceftriaxone against Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis
Author(s) -
H Talbot,
Barbara Romanowski
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.33.12.2049
Subject(s) - neisseria gonorrhoeae , spectinomycin , chlamydia trachomatis , microbiology and biotechnology , lomefloxacin , penicillin , ceftriaxone , tetracycline , neisseriaceae , antibiotics , biology , urethritis , antibacterial agent , virology , norfloxacin , medicine , ciprofloxacin
In vitro lomefloxacin was highly active against 208 penicillin-susceptible and -resistant isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. However, its MIC and MBC against 10 isolates of Chlamydia trachomatis were 2 and greater than 4 micrograms/ml, respectively.